title: [Liver abscess in children].
abstract: A case of solitary hepatic abscess in an apparently normal 5-year old infant is described. The symptoms in this patient were generally nonspecific and the child were erroneously operated with a presumptive diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Subsequently, because of persistence of isolated abdominal signs, abdominal ultrasonography were performed, and an abscess of the right hepatic lobe was evidenced. The pathogenesis of the hepatic abscess in this child is unclear.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Pediatrica, USL 31, Ospedale di Bondeno, Italia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pecorari
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Ritis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dondi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lazzari
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000667:Ampicillin
vernacular_title: L'ascesso epatico nel bambino.